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the Wii release of RetroArch: | the Wii release of RetroArch: | ||
* 2024 (a standalone game) | |||
* 81 (ZX 81) | * 81 (ZX 81) | ||
* Atari 800 (Atari) | * Atari 800 (Atari) | ||
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* PokeMini (Pokémon Mini) | * PokeMini (Pokémon Mini) | ||
* PrBoom (for playing Doom 1/Doom 2/Ultimate Doom/Final Doom) | * PrBoom (for playing Doom 1/Doom 2/Ultimate Doom/Final Doom) | ||
* QuickNES (Nintendo Entertainment System) | * QuickNES (Nintendo Entertainment System) | ||
* ScummVM (classic point-and-click/adventure games) | |||
* SNES9x Next (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom) | * SNES9x Next (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom) | ||
* Stella (Atari 2600) | * Stella (Atari 2600) | ||
* TIC-80 (a fantasy computer) | |||
* Tyrquake (Quake 1) | * Tyrquake (Quake 1) | ||
* VBA Next (Game Boy Advance) | * VBA Next (Game Boy Advance) | ||
* VICE (Commodore 64) | * VICE (Commodore 64) | ||
* ...and many more | |||
==Install== | ==Install== | ||
Latest revision as of 05:14, 4 February 2025
| RetroArch Wii | |
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| General | |
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| Author(s) | Themaister, Squarepusher, Toad King |
| Type | Console emulator |
| Version | v1.20.0 |
| Links | |
| Download | |
| Website | |
| Source | |
| Downloadable via the Homebrew Browser | |
| Peripherals | |
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RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight and portable. This Wii port can run cores for a large number of systems, including CPS1, CPS2, and NEOGEO.
Overview
The following emulators/games have been ported to RetroArch and are included in the Wii release of RetroArch:
- 2024 (a standalone game)
- 81 (ZX 81)
- Atari 800 (Atari)
- BlueMSX (MSX | MSX2 | MSX2+ | MSX turbo R)
- Cannonball (OutRun game engine clone)
- Final Burn Alpha Cores (Arcade | CPS1 | CPS2 | CPS3 | NeoGeo) [version 0.2.97.26]
- FCEUmm (Nintendo Entertainment System) [recent SVN version]
- fixGB (Game Boy | Game Boy Color)
- fixNES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
- fMSX (MSX | MSX2 | MSX2+ | MSX turbo R)
- Frodo (Commodore 64)
- Fuse (ZX Spectrum)
- Gambatte (Game Boy | Super Game Boy | Game Boy Color) [version 0.5.0 WIP]
- Genesis Plus GX (Sega SG-1000 | Master System | Game Gear | Genesis/Mega Drive | Sega CD) [version 1.7.0]
- gpSP (Game Boy Advance)
- Handy (Atari Lynx)
- Lutro (2D game engine)
- MAME 2000 (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
- Mednafen LYNX (Atari Lynx)
- Mednafen NGP (Neo Geo Pocket | Neo Geo Pocket Color)
- Mednafen PCE Fast (PC Engine | PC Engine CD | TurboGrafx-16)
- Mednafen PSX (PlayStation)
- Mednafen PCFX (PC-FX)
- Mednafen SuperGrafx (PC Engine SuperGrafx)
- Mednafen VB (Virtual Boy)
- Mednafen WonderSwan (WonderSwan | WonderSwan Color | WonderSwan Crystal)
- mGBA (Game Boy Advance)
- Mr Boom (Bomberman clone)
- Nestopia (Nintendo Entertainment System)
- Np2kai (Nec PC 98)
- NXEngine (Cave Story game engine clone)
- PicoDrive (Sega 32X | Sega 32X CD)
- PokeMini (Pokémon Mini)
- PrBoom (for playing Doom 1/Doom 2/Ultimate Doom/Final Doom)
- QuickNES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
- ScummVM (classic point-and-click/adventure games)
- SNES9x Next (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom)
- Stella (Atari 2600)
- TIC-80 (a fantasy computer)
- Tyrquake (Quake 1)
- VBA Next (Game Boy Advance)
- VICE (Commodore 64)
- ...and many more
Install
Copy the entire directory (retroarch-wii) to your SD card in your 'apps' directory. Start up the Homebrew Channel and start up RetroArch Wii from there.
On first startup, RetroArch will create a folder in the root of your storage device called 'retroarch'. All RetroArch configuration files are stored here.
You can now select a ROM that this core supports and load it in the Filebrowser.
Selecting Cores
RetroArch will select one of the dozen or so emulator/game cores on start-up. The name of the core currently loaded will be shown at the bottom side of the screen. To select a different core - go to the Settings menu (see 'Ingame controls'). Select the option 'Load Core' and hit the A (or 2) button. A filebrowser will appear where you can select a different core. Press A (or 2) to switch to the emulator/game core.
Controls
See the RetroArch documentation for setting the controls.
Troubleshooting
- Some GBA games don't run at fullspeed on Wii (VBA Next is a RetroConsole Level 2 emulator port). It will be replaced by a port of gpSP and/or mGBA in the near future.
- The biggest Neo-Geo ROMs that can be loaded are around 23+MB in size, such as Real Bout Fatal Fury 1 and King of Fighters '96.